Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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87.2MIEB lite
Nov 2025released
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262K tokensMax input
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10Llama Nemotron Colembed VL 3B v283.611Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B83.512EvoQwen2.5 VL Retriever 7B v183.4Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DBetterArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+1vOpenVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8B+2%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5 GBOOpenOps Colqwen3 4B+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens
OpenNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2+2%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5.2 GBvOpenVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5B+1%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+3%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokens+1vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+2%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5 GBOOps Colqwen3 4BOpen+2%——Max input: 262K tokens → 33K tokensNemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+2%——Memory (4-bit): 4.8 GB → 5.2 GBvVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+1%——Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · compressed✓ 16 GB · 8-bit✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B, and what is it best at?›
#18 of 89 in Multimodal. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B better than Llama Nemotron Colembed VL 3B v2?›
On ViDoRe v1&v2 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B scores 83.5 vs 83.6 — about the same.
When was Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-11-26. It is the current version in its line.
Is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B?›
Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from TomoroAI, released Nov 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Tomoro Colqwen3 Embed 8B?›
Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (better).